Schunterhöhle

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Schunterhöhle

Schunterhöhle

Schunterhöhle

Location: Allmendingen (Württemberg) , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Height : 620  m above sea level NHN
Geographic
location:
48 ° 19 '26 "  N , 9 ° 39' 48"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 19 '26 "  N , 9 ° 39' 48"  E
Schunterhöhle (Baden-Württemberg)
Schunterhöhle
Overall length: 5.3 m
Particularities: Rock shelter

The Schunterhöhle (also Schonterhöhle) is a cave east of the village of Briel, northwest of the district town of Ehingen (Danube) on the southern edge of the Swabian Alb . It is located at the foot of the Rappenstein in the Weilersteusslingen district of the Allmendingen community.

It is said that around 1780 it served as a cave house for a family named Schunter.

The rock and the cave are protected under the name Rappenstein and Schunterhöhle as a natural monument no. 84250020043 and under the name Felsrippe Rappenstein and Schuntershöhle on the eastern slope of the Rautal 1100 m NE of Briel as a geotope.

Individual evidence

  1. outdooractive.com . City of Ehingen (Danube). Retrieved March 22, 2020.

literature

  • Hans Binder , Herbert Jantschke: Cave guide Swabian Alb. Caves - springs - waterfalls . 7th completely revised edition. DRW-Verlag, Leinfelden-Echterdingen 2003, ISBN 3-87181-485-7 , p. 206 .

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